El Monte Municipal Code Ch. 5.96 Miscellaneous Business Permits

A. Permit Required. No person shall own, operate, manage, conduct or maintain an arcade as defined by Chapter 17.110 of this code without having first obtained a permit pursuant to Chapter 5.12 of this title, nor at any time when a permit thus obtained is not in full force and effect, nor in violation of any term or condition of a permit thus obtained.

B. Application Procedures. In addition to the provisions of Chapter 5.12 of this title, the applicant shall provide a three hundred-feet radius property ownership list as required in Section 17.123.030 of this code and the Secretary of the Permit Committee shall notify all such property owners of all Permit Committee hearings not less than ten (10) days prior to the hearing date.

(Prior code §§ 6399.901, 6399.902; amended during 1999 recodification; Ord. No. 3023, § 4.C(Exh. C), 5-2-2023)

A. No person shall conduct or engage in any circus, carnival or sideshow business or occupation without having first obtained a permit pursuant to Chapter 5.12 of this title.

B. Location Restricted. No circus, carnival or sideshow shall be placed, located or operated on any unimproved dirt lot or on any residentially zoned property. No circus, carnival or sideshow shall be placed, located or operated on any commercially zoned or publicly zoned property if it will interfere with the business or parking conducted on the property. No circus, carnival or sideshow shall be permitted at any one site or location for more than ten (10) consecutive days, more than four (4) times per calendar year, or more frequently than once in any sixty (60) day period.

(Prior code §§ 6380, 6380.1)

No person shall own, operate, manage, conduct or maintain an animal boarding/kennel business as defined by Chapter 17.110 of this code without having first obtained a permit so to do pursuant to Chapter 5.12 of this title nor at any time when a permit thus obtained is not in full force and effect, nor in violation of any term or condition of a permit thus obtained.

(Prior code § 6399.701; amended during 1999 recodification; Ord. No. 3023, § 4.C(Exh. C), 5-2-2023)

A. Defined. For purposes of this section, a motel and hotel shall be as such terms are defined in Section 3.16.010 and Chapter 17.110 of this code.

B. Permit Required. No person shall conduct or engage in any motel or hotel business or occupation without having first obtained a permit pursuant to Chapter 5.12 of this title.

(Prior code §§ 6399.201, 6399.202; amended during 1999 recodification; Ord. No. 3023, § 4.C(Exh. C), 5-2-2023)

No person shall conduct a noncommercial car wash as such term is defined in Section 5.04.010 of this title without having first obtained a permit from the city pursuant to Chapter 5.12 of this title. Each application for any such permit shall state the name and address of the person submitting the application and the name and address, if any, of the group of persons or the organization on whose behalf the noncommercial car wash is conducted.

(Prior code § 6375)

A. Definitions. For the purpose of this Section, "trailer" and "trailer coach" shall be defined as is set forth in the Vehicle Code of the state.

B. Prohibition. From and after the effective date of the ordinance codified in this chapter, no person shall use a trailer or a trailer coach for any purpose, except as provided in subsection C of this Section.

C. Exceptions. This Section shall not prohibit the use of trailers:

1. For the transportation of goods, wares and merchandise; and

2. For a construction office during the construction of a project; and

3. For use by a nonprofit organization.

D. Effective Date. The city will cease the issuance of temporary office trailer permits effective January 1, 1998.

(Ord. 2467 § 1, 1997: prior code §§ 5100, 5101)

A. Permit Required. No person shall own, operate, manage, conduct or maintain a computer gaming or internet access center as defined under "gaming center" or "arcade" by Chapter 17.110 of this code without having first obtained a permit pursuant to Chapter 5.12 of this title, nor at any time when a permit thus obtained is not in full force and effect, nor in violation of any term or condition of a permit thus obtained.

(Ord. 2595 § 1, 2003; Ord. No. 3023, § 4.C(Exh. C), 5-2-2023)

A. Permit Required. No person shall engage in the business of tanning, curing, preserving or embalming of skins, hides or any decayable substance, where in the tanning, curing, preserving or embalming of which the process used causes or permits the emitting or discharging of any obnoxious or offensive odor or causes or permits the emitting or discharging of dust, fine particles, or any substance that may be carried through or upon the air beyond the limits or confines of the place of business being so operated, without having first obtained therefrom a permit to operate any such business or plant.

B. Application. In addition to the requirements specified in or imposed under Chapter 5.12 of this title, each such application shall specify the distance to the nearest residence and the approximate number of residents living within one thousand (1,000) feet of the place of such contemplated operation.

C. Exception. This Section shall not apply to any business or profession regulated or licensed under Chapter 12 of Division III of the Business and Professions Code of the state.

(Prior code §§ 6385, 6386, 6389.1)

No person shall conduct business as a used car dealer without having first obtained a permit from the city pursuant to Chapter 5.12 of this title except where the sale of used cars is an incidental function of a new car dealership.

(Prior code § 6376)

A. Permit Required. No person shall own, operate, manage, conduct or maintain a spiritual specialty shop as defined under "personal service, general" by Chapter 17.150 of this code without having first obtained a permit pursuant to Chapter 5.12 of this title, nor at any time when a permit thus obtained is not in full force and effect, nor in violation of any term or condition of a permit thus obtained.

(Ord. 2671 § 3, 2006; Ord. No. 3023, § 4.C(Exh. C), 5-2-2023)